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lacrimal bone

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lacrimal bone
n.
A thin irregularly rectangular plate forming part of the medial wall of the eye socket behind the frontal process of the maxilla.
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Depending on the degree of pneumatization, agger nasi cells can be bounded anteriorly by the frontal process of the maxilla, anterolaterally by the nasal and lacrimal bones, posterolaterally by the lamina papyracea, superiorly by the frontal sinus, inferolaterally by the uncinate process, and posteriorly by the anterior ethmoid complex.
Vertical insertion of the middle turbinate: a sign of the presence of ... by Christmas, Dewey A. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The preferred location for the ostium created by DCR is through the lacrimal bone in the anterosuperior part of the lateral nasal wall.
Middle meatal obstruction following endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. ... by Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The convex anterior margin ascends to the lacrimal bone and in some patients to the skull base or the lamina papyracea, remaining in contact with the bony lateral nasal wall.
Anatomy of the uncinate process by Yanagisawa, Eiji / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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